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New Book Review

Recovery Diva

Populations that have differing characteristics than one’s own can span a wide array including but not limited to: gender, age, race, religion, national background, immigration status, languages spoken, residency, disability, income level, or caste or other cultural differences in international disaster settings other than the U.S.

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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

In my role leading the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Climate School, as well as through other positions, I have dedicated my career to fostering the impact of disaster research in the fields of policy and practice. Testimony Submitted January 16, 2022. By: Jeff Schlegelmilch, MPH, MBA.

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What is Business Continuity?

Erwood Group

It is disaster preparedness for business. Now that we know that business continuity in its simplest form, is disaster preparedness for business; we need to discuss more how as a business we properly prepare for disasters and disruptions. What is business continuity? There you go. If not, who does?

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A 102-Year-Old Lesson for Fighting COVID-19: How Soon We Forget

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

In Philadelphia, the city’s response mirrored much of the Trump Administration’s early leisurely tone: authorities downplayed the significance of the threat after the first case was reported on September 17, 1918, and large events weren’t canceled. While neither city was able to prevent the spread of influenza, St.